On Monday 24 October 2011 at 15:31 (CET), Ondrej Zajicek wrote:
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:12:38PM +0200, Ruben Laban wrote:
I was wondering if it's somehow possible to update the export filter for an OSPF instance without having to completely restart that OSPF instance. From the tests I've performed, the only way to have bird pick up the new export filter, is to restart the protocol in question.
That is strange, just 'configure' should be enough (since ~ early 1.2.x ersions). Works for me (just tested on 1.3.1).
I guess the same would apply to, the much more common, BGP import/export filters.
On BGP it depends if neighbor supports route refresh feature. If so, just 'configure' should be enough. Otherwise it is impossible to change an import filter without session reset (an export filter is OK).
Doh! For some reason it had gotten into my head that "configure" (as opposed to "configure soft") was the sledgehammer appraoch to re-configuring bird (including downtime for any "affected" protocols). Doing just "configure" instead of "configure soft" seems to do the trick just fine indeed based on some quick tests. Thanks for the nudge in the right direction! Regards, Ruben Laban